Improvement in seed-sowers



cited me-t J. G. THOMPSON, OF STOCKTON, NEW YORK.

Letters PatentrNo. 92,401, dated July 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-SOWERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom item1/concern'.-

Be t-knowu that I, J. G. THOMPSON, of Stockton, iu the county ofChautauqua, and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedSeed-.Sower; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof', which will cnablerothers skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming part ot' this specication, in which- Figure l is avert-ical longitudinal section of my im-v proved machine, taken throughthe line t1-x, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section ofthe same, taken through the liney-y, iig. 1. I

parts. v v

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple, coilvenient, andciiective machine for sowing diiferent kinds of seeds, which isdesigned'to bel carried bythe operator, and operated to sow the seed byhand; and

It consistsV in the construction and comhinationof the various parts oithe machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

A represents a trough or open box, which I gener ally prefer to makeabout ten feet long, and the sides about four or five inches high.

In the bottom of the box A is formed a row of holes,

a', about two or three 'inches aprt, through which the seed passes tothe ground.

B is a sliding or false bottom to the box A, which may be 'made'of woodor metal, and which lies flat upon the bottom of the box A.

In the slide B are formed two or more sets or series of' dier'eut-sizedholes, the holes of each size orseries being at a distance apart equalto that ofthe holes a', so that by simply adjusting the position of theslide B, the-machine may be adjusted for sowing differentsized seeds.

C is a bar, which is made a little shorter than the interior of the boxA, so that it may have a longitudinal movement within said box A.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding D is a wire, whichis passed through the bar C,

passed spirally beneath said bar, agaiuthrough it, and

so on for the entire length of said bar C, forming a series kof spiralloops, two or three inches in length, be-r neath the bar O. l

To the upper side of the bar C, near its ends, are attached two longstaples or loops, E, which pass through holes in the plates F, attachedtothe lower -parts of thepartitions or cross-bars G, attached to thesides of the box A, so that the bar C may be so snspended,that thespiral loops D may not touch, but may be close to the slide B, as shownin figs. l and 2.

H is a standard, the lower end of which is attached to'the barO; and tothe other or upper end is pivi' oted the lever I.

. One end of the lever I is pivoted tothe side of the box A, or to ablock or support attached to said side,

and its other end projects at theother side of said box,- in su'chaposition that it may be conveniently reached and operated by theopemtor.

The machine is designed to be suspended from the f shoulder of theoperator by a strap, and the sowing is done as he'walks across thefield, the constant movement ofthe bar O insuring the continuous anduniform escape of the'seed.

Having thus described my invention, l What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let- An improved seed-sowing machine, formed by the Witnesses:

F. M.'B1uGGs, H. W. SEYMOUR.

